Glain Roberts-McCabe is on a personal mission to create a movement of intentional leadership. As Founder and President of The Roundtable, Glain and her team are helping today’s generation of leaders bring more conscious leadership to their work and the world.

Glain launched The Roundtable in 2007 as a place where leaders could cultivate their leadership, together. Through their innovative and multi-award winning Roundtable Peer-to-Peer Coaching Programs and their “leaders teaching leaders” community, the Roundtable is reimagining the traditional consulting firm model. In 2014, The Roundtable for Leaders peer coaching program, developed in collaboration with PepsiCo Foods Canada, was awarded the prestigious Gold Award at the Canadian Awards of Training Excellence.

The Roundtable group coaching approach to developing leaders has been featured as an innovative best-in-class method by York University’s Professor Len Karakowsky in the Canadian management textbook The Context of Business: Understanding the Canadian Business Environment.
In 2016, The Roundtable was named as the Best External Consulting Provider in Canada at the Canadian HR Awards.

A multiple time nominee for the RBC Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, Glain has been at the executive table for over 25 years and successfully led a variety teams in both the profit and not-for-profit arenas.
Glain is a sought after facilitator, coach, interview guest and moderator and author of Did I REALLY Sign Up for This?! #leadership truths to drive, thrive and survive. A guest columnist for the Globe and Mail, Realizing Leadership magazine and former contributor to BizTV Canada and Arlene Dickinson’s “YouInc”, Glain shares her passion for what she learns through a monthly newsletter (The Roundtable Recap) and her leadership blog (RoundtableTalk).

A life-long learner, she is currently completing her Advanced Coaching Certificate through Royal Roads University in addition to possessing training and certifications with organizations like Team Coaching International, Management Research Group, The Coaches Training Institute, The Centre for Right Relationships and The School of Shadow Coaching. In addition, she also holds a diploma in Creative Advertising and completed advanced Improv Training through Second City. An active volunteer, Glain is a mentor with the Institute for Performance and Learning. Glain lives in Toronto with her incredibly supportive husband and highly engaging daughter.

Segment 2 (8:30am – 9:00am)
Guest: Terry Yoffe

Terry Yoffe is an Executive, Transition and Career Coach. Terry has been coaching for fifteen years, after several years in both corporate and entrepreneurial roles. She brings an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge about global business relations, which is critical to her work with international clients.

As an executive and business coach, Terry helps her clients maximize their talents and achieve their full potential by using a two-step process: having the client clarify their goals and then developing a focused strategic plan. Terry’s extensive background and experience in diverse business settings gives her a keen insight into her clients’ unique situations. She has coached many high-achieving business professionals ranging from young professionals, to mid-level managers, to C Suite executives, in both corporations and private practice. She helps them remove the obstacles that keep them from breaking through and achieving their desired personal and professional goals. Terry believes that the relationship she builds with her clients, allows them to become courageous, to cut through the stories they tell themselves, and ultimately to step outside of their comfort zones to meet their challenges.

Business/Organizational Leadership Experience

Terry’s business acumen includes Director of Travel Marketing and Sales at Conde Nast, The New Yorker and Bon Appetit; New England Territory Manager of Sales at Women’s Wear Daily; and her successful entrepreneurial career as the founder of both Terry Yoffe Enterprises and TRY Coaching. Combined with nearly twenty-five years in the publishing industry and top-level sales management, Terry’s first-hand knowledge of the drive, personality and challenges that come with being an entrepreneur make her a rare and valuable asset to the clients with whom she works.

Education and Training

Terry’s credentials include her Professional Certified Coach (PCC) accreditation with the International Coach Federation (ICF) and her certification Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) with the Coaches Training Institute (CTI). She served as President on the ICF board, New York City Chapter. Additionally, Terry has achieved both Master and Post-Master Certifications as a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Practitioner. Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP is an approach to understanding and changing thoughts, feelings, language and behaviors to achieve goals.

She is an Affiliate Member at the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate. She was chosen to participate in the New York University Psychoanalytic Institute’s Fellowship Program. Terry was recognized by Advertising Women of New York (AWNY) as the organization’s 2012 Crystal Prism Award winner for her significant impact and contribution in the area of Mentoring.

To learn more about Terry Yoffe you can find her at: www.trycoaching.com.